FUTURE

PRESENT SIMPLE
- Schedules: The train departs at 8:42pm

FUTURE SIMPLE
- Predictions: Cars will fly.
- Decisions made at the time of speaking: I’ll help you.
- Unplanned action: I’ll go to London this or next year.

‘GOING TO’
- Intentions: They are going to visit London this summer.
- Predictions based on evidence: It’s going to snow tomorrow.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS
- Plans/arrangements: They are having a date this weekend.

FUTURE CONTINUOUS
- Action in progress in the future: Tomorrow morning, I will be flying to France. / By
next year I will be living in Barcelona.

FUTURE PERFECT
- By March I will have finished my exams.

CONDITIONALS
ZERO CONDITIONAL (always true)
If it rains, I stay at home.  I stay at home if it rains.
(Present simple, present simple)
If/When you boil water up to 100ºc, it boils.

FIRST CONDITIONAL (likely to happen)

If you study, you will pass your exam.
Unless you study, you won’t pass your exam
(Present simple, future simple)

If/When you finish your exams, I will visit you.

SECOND CONDITIONAL (unlikely to happen, hypothetical situation)

If I were rich, I would buy a Lamborghini.
(past simple, would +inf.)

THIRD CONDITIONAL (regrets, impossible things)

If I had tried harder, I would/might have become a professional player.
(past perfect, would have +past participle (3erd column or -ed))
*If I had had, I would have had…

Could, should, might…

 PREPOSITIONS

IN
PLACE
In the kitchen/bedroom/…. In the park. In the ground.
In the pencil case/suitcase…
In the building/library/school/church

In hospital 

In the car/van/truck

In Madrid, In France (areas of land)  I arrived to in Madrid.

TIME
In 2020, In the 19th century, in February… (periods)

ON
PLACE
On the wall/ceiling/table/floor/ground…

On a/the bus/plane/train/motorbike/horse… On foot

TIME
On Sunday/Monday… On weekdays
On St. Patrick’s , my birthday, Christmas’ Day (25th Dec), New Year’s Eve, holidays
(days/dates)

AT
PLACE
At the building/library
At work, at home, at the supermarket, at school, at church, the gym, the hospital…
(ACTIVITY)

At a party, at a conference… (event)

At a/the bus stop, at a station, at the airport…

TIME
At the weekend, at Christmas, at Easter…
At 8 o’clock, at 9:25pm
Possessive

La novia de mi hermano es alta.

My brother’s girlfriend is tall.

My parents’ car.
My students’ exams.

Ross’s car.

Tomorrow I’m going to my brother’s place.